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Shloka 14

अक्षदेवन-प्रवर्तनम् | Commencement of the Dice Game

सत्यपराक्रमी सात्यकिने युधिष्ठिरके लिये छत्र धारण किया तथा अर्जुन और भीमसेनने व्यजन डुलाये ।। चामरे चापि शुद्धे द्वे यमौ जगृहतुस्तथा । उपागृह्नाद्‌ यमिन्द्राय पुराकल्पे प्रजापति:

cāmare cāpi śuddhe dve yamau jagṛhatuḥ tathā | upāgṛhṇād yam indrāya purākalpe prajāpatiḥ ||

সত্যপৰাক্ৰমী সাত্যকিয়ে যুধিষ্ঠিৰৰ বাবে ছত্ৰ ধাৰণ কৰিলে, আৰু অৰ্জুন আৰু ভীমসেনে ব্যজন নাড়িলে। তেনেদৰে যমজ ভ্ৰাতৃদ্বয় (নকুল-সহদেৱ) দুটা নিৰ্মল চামৰো হাতত তুলিলে। কোৱা হয়, পূৰ্বকল্পত প্ৰজাপতিয়ে নিজেই ইন্দ্ৰৰ বাবে এনেকুৱা ব্যজন ধাৰণ কৰিছিল।

चामरेtwo yak-tail fans (chowries)
चामरे:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचामर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
शुद्धेpure, clean
शुद्धे:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशुद्ध
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
द्वेtwo
द्वे:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
यमौthe two Yamas (the twins: Nakula and Sahadeva)
यमौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
जगृहतुःtook/held
जगृहतुः:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Dual
तथाlikewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
उपागृह्णात्took up/held near; held (as an attendant)
उपागृह्णात्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-ग्रह्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
पुराformerly, once
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
कल्पेin an age/aeon
कल्पे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकल्प
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्रजापतिःPrajāpati
प्रजापतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

दुर्योधन उवाच

D
Duryodhana
Y
Yama-twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)
C
cāmara (fly-whisk)
I
Indra
P
Prajāpati

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how symbols of royal service (like the cāmara) communicate legitimacy and supreme honor; ethically, it warns that external reverence and ritual propriety can coexist with concealed envy and political hostility.

Duryodhana describes the ceremonial attendance at Yudhiṣṭhira’s court: the twin brothers hold the two pure cāmaras, and the scene is elevated by a mythic comparison—Prajāpati once performed the same service for Indra—intensifying the grandeur that provokes Duryodhana’s inner agitation.